To: Greg or e who wrote (1081 ) 12/17/2012 1:04:56 PM From: Solon Read Replies (1) | Respond to “And that from the guy who cries about personal attacks” "The person wants what he fears. He is not afraid of the object; he is afraid of the wish for the object. The reactive fear prevents the dreaded wish from being fulfilled” It is not a “personal attack” when this is pointed out to you. You are expressing your hatred of long dead people in this very real present day world. This requires explanation. You are clearly making a cry for help. “consent is irrelevant” Consent is the fundamental issue both in ancient times and throughout the modern world. Consent or the lack thereof is what identifies the legality and morality of an action. Read much, Chump!? “The parents were bribed and the child basically was manipulated” You’re an idiot! Greek society epitomised the concern for morality and the relentless study of what was the good and how best to fashion a society that represents what is good. To this end they fashioned philosophies and moral standards that still serve today as the basis for western thought and progress. I am sure there must have been child abuse and bribery in Greek culture, as there is in all cultures, but to insist that immorality epitomised the culture of Plato, Socrates, Aristotle, and Solon is to expose yourself as a small-minded bigot with deep seated emotional problems. Think about it, fella. :- that "all (or mostly all) Greek men were involved in pederasty both as adolescents in the role of eromenos and as mature men in the role of erastes. Homosexuality was not an idea in Greek culture." as if it wasn’t already prima facie except to the deliberately dishonest and morally corrupt! ;-)
